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Fight for new building before 2024 continues

With a number of #ActionForAshley supporters in attendance, board members voted earlier this week to move forward with a schematic plan for a new middle school in the northwest portion of the city. earlier this year, faculty, staff, and students at Ashley Academy for cultural and Global Studies complained that lingering mold in the school was causing upper respiratory problems. After air quality test results showed mold growth and mold samples inside several hvAc units, board members voted to clean the hvAc units and replace the units at the end of the school year. #ActionForAshley, a group of community activists who have vowed to stand up for the students parents, teachers, and faculty, believe the only way to make things

Taylor right at Ashley is to build a new school.

And on May 22 more than two dozen activists carrying signs demanding a new school delivered their message directly to the board.

While the Board of education hasn’t

Jabbar totally said ‘No’ to a new Ashley, they have basically told supporters ‘not right now.’ Although plans for a new school were included in the 2016 Bond Proposal, construction isn’t scheduled to begin until 2024.

during the board meeting on Tuesday, June 12, city native and longtime community activist Al Jabbar raised questions about transparency on the part of the board. he also questioned the distribution of tax dollars to certain schools.

“We should not be coming forward and listening to someone who can’t make a report with dates that’s attributed to the work they’re suppose to be doing,” he said. “We hold you accountable as a school board to ensure these things happen. you pay people hundreds and thousands of dollars to do this work and you don’t hold them accountable.

“We look for better results in the future. i pray i don’t have to come before you again with this same concern, but i will.”

When it came time to vote on a schematic plan for a new middle school on

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Alumna to grads: Fight through struggles

Students from Carver High School cheer on their fellow classmates during the commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 9 at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex.

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Attorney Nicole Little awards $500 scholarship to carver student

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Triumph over tragedy.

That was the parting message from Attorney Nicole Little to the graduating seniors at carver high School last weekend.

"Today marks the closing of one chapter of your life and the beginning of a new journey. Get excited," said Little. "There is a world of endless opportunities out there waiting for you to take it."

As a 2009 carver graduate, less than 10 years ago, Little sat in the same seats the class of 2018 occupied last See Grads on A2

Charity Wardlow, a graduating senior at Carver High School, receives a $500 scholarship from Attorney Nicole Little last weekend.

in honor of the late Judge roland hayes, and Attorney Annie Brown Kennedy, the Winston-Salem Bar Association has established a $1,000 scholarship.

Since 1984, the Winston-Salem Bar Association (WSBA), which is comprised of primarily AfricanAmerican attorneys and attorneys of color, has worked to promote equality, enhance professionalism and encourage educational achievement.

For many years, the annual Scholarship Luncheon has served as the associations’ capstone event. Annually, WSBA holds an essay contest and the winners are announced and provided monetary awards during the luncheon.

This year, WSBA expanded the competition to include four scholarships for graduating seniors. The Judge roland hayes and Photo by Tevin Stinson Forsyth County Resident Attorney Mrs. Annie Brown Kennedy Superior Court Judge Scholarship was awarded Todd Burke delivers the for the first time to Kimaly keynote address during dixon, Xavier Bankhead, the Winston-Salem Bar Jaelyn Nichols and Jyuana Association’s Scholarship Luncheon Gray. on Tuesday, June 12.

Judge hayes became Forsyth county’s first black district court Judge when then Gov. Jim hunt appointed him in 1984. hayes was re-elected several times until he was forced to retire in 2002 because of age. he continued to serve as an emergency judge until he died in 2013.

Attorney Kennedy, a native of Atlanta, was the second African-American woman ever licensed to practice law in N.c., and a founding member of the interracial See Scholarships on A2

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``Legislating state-sponsored discrimination cannot continue without consequences,'' North carolina NAAcP President T. Anthony Spearman said at a Monday, June 11, news conference.

Spearman called this year's General Assembly the

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The charter school law passed last week without

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Robinhood Road, the dozens of supporters of #ActionForAshley in attendance sat on the edge of their seats. Rev. Alvin Carlisle, president of the local NAACP branch, and other supporters of a new school, have vowed to halt all other construction until the students at Ashley are in a new building, adopting the motto, “Not another

brick, Not another bond.”

Just before it was time to vote on the plan, Deanna Taylor said she would not be voting for any new construction until there was a comprehensive plan for Ashley.

Despite her willingness to stand up and be heard, the motion passed.

According to the 2016 Bond Project List, the new middle school on Robinhood Road is expected to cost $26,989,200. It is believed the school is needed to relieve the capacity of Meadowlark and Jefferson. A new middle

Attorney Nicole Little delivers the keynote address during Carver High School’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 9.

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Saturday morning, June 9, inside the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex.

"I can't believe it's been almost 10 years since I sat in those same seats. I walked across the same stage and prepared to join the ranks of other Yellowjacket alumni," Little said.

After high school, Little attended Wake Forest University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology. Following undergrad, she took her talents to North Carolina Central University Law School. She passed the bar in 2017, raking up countless awards and prestigious honors along the way.

While spending most of

her time in the courtroom, Little still finds time to volunteer with several nonprofit organizations in the area geared toward giving back to youth in the community who need it most.

As she stood before the sea of scholars dressed in blue robes with gold and white accents, Little said, "From my point of view, I can already see several examples of strength, resiliency and fortitude.

And they're all dressed in royal blue."

She continued, "... My profession allows me to cherish moments like this because I can intervene in the lives of young people and remind them that what you are going through in the world is not solely your story. You are not alone and you can celebrate your tri-

umphs over tragedy.”

While discussing her own personal struggles as a high school senior, Little told the graduates being an accomplished homeless high school senior wasn't fun, but she triumphed.

"Trying to brainstorm with my mom on how we were going to get by and how to get my brothers back under the same roof.

But we triumphed and we worked," she said. "I was blessed to have a village that stepped in for me. It took a village for me to figure it out just like it’s going to take a village for you to figure it out as well."

Before wrapping up her speech, Little sowed a seed into the rich soil that is Carver Nation, when she awarded Charity Wardlow a $500 scholarship.

The first recipients of the Judge Roland Hayes and Mrs. Annie Brown Kennedy Scholarship take a photo during the Winston-Salem Bar Association’s Annual Scholarship Luncheon on Tuesday, June 12. They are left to right, Xavier Bankhead, Jaelyn Nichols and Kimaly Dixon. (Not pictured is Jyuana Gray.)

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Democratic Women of Forsyth County. In the 1970s while running a law firm with her husband, Harold Kennedy Jr., Mrs. Kennedy was appointed then elected to the N.C. House of Representatives, where she served for 13 years. Her husband has since died.

When discussing the criteria for the essay contest and scholarship contest, Charlisa Moore Powell said the committee decided they wanted the topic to focus on something the students could relate to.

After discussing possible topics among themselves, the committee decided to focus on the recent rise in school shootings and settled on the theme; “Collective

Strength: Young Voices Calling for Change,” for the graduating seniors.

Powell said after reading over the seniors’ essays, she was very pleased with their responses.

“I found their responses to be very poignant and well thought out. Based on what they wrote, I believe we are very fortunate to have these students as future leaders,” Powell said.

When she found out she was one of the recipients of the inaugural Judge Roland Hayes and Mrs. Annie Brown Kennedy Scholarship, Jaelyn Nichols, who will be attending Appalachian State University in the fall, said she was surprised because she didn’t find out about the contest until the day before her essay was due.

“I didn’t even know I

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won until my teacher told me at graduation,” laughed Nichols. “It makes me feel stronger and like there’s nothing I can’t do without hard work.

The underclassmen competing in the essay contest had a similar theme and were competing for a $100 grand prize. The winners in the of the essay contest were; Chao Everett, Oluwabukola Ojo, Jeremiah Reid, Leticia Valadez, Anthony Perez, Sara Parral-Sotelo, Mikya Wilkins and Sairy GarciaCisneros.

The keynote address during the luncheon was delivered by Forsyth County Resident Superior Court Judge Todd Burke.

After congratulating the students on their accomplishments, Judge Burke told the scholars to never let anyone speak negative things into their lives.

He said, “Don’t let any-

More than 140 students graduated from Carver High School last weekend.

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Little plans to return to her alma mater to award the scholarship to another deserving student each year.

Wardlow, who is a cheerleader and senior class president, has already proven she has what it takes to triumph over tragedy. Last November, Charity lost her mother, Jacqueline Reid, to an unfortunate car accident.

Despite losing her mother in the middle of the school year, Charity pushed forward and made it to graduation day.

According to Little, Charity has already been accepted into several colleges and is still awaiting responses from others.

"I admire her and follow her even when she doesn't notice it," contin-

ships.

Before sending the students off into the real world, Principal Carol Montague-Davis used some of the terms she learned throughout the school year to wish the class of 2018 good luck.

She said, “…Keep it 100 at all times. Don’t pretend to be something you’re not but be the men and the women that you were called to be. You are conquerors. You are survivors and you are world changers. Never allow anyone to define you and tell you who you are in this world.

“Go out and make your statement and do it with excellence.

Remember doubters and haters are what should be your motivators.”

Attorney Tina Flowers, president of the Winston-Salem Bar Association, takes a photo with Kimaly Dixon during the annual Scholarship Luncheon earlier this week.

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one put limitations on you.

Keep away from those types of influences. As a man or as a woman thinketh, so is he or she. Think it. Believe it. Be it.”

Following the luncheon, Attorney Tina Flowers, WSBA president, said it is truly rewarding to be able to provide students

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ued Little. "As a member of your village, I just want you to know and remember that your mother is always with you.

"She’s going to be with you when you walk across this stage today and she's going to be with you as you continue to write this beautiful story."

After all the speeches and words of encouragement were given, it was time for the Class of 2018 to take center stage. And they did so in style.

Many of the students seemed to have their own theme music playing as they walked across the stage and for good reason.

So far, the 140 students who transitioned to alumni last weekend have accumulated more than $1.2 million in grants and scholar-

Winners of the Winston-Salem Bar Association’s Essay Contest are shown.

Anthony Perez, Sara Parral-Sotelo, Jeremiah Reid, Mikya Wilkins, Leticia Valadez, and Chao Everett take a photo during the Scholarship Luncheon on Tuesday, June 12. (Not pictured are Oluwabunkola Ojo and Sairy GarciaCisneros.)

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school at Smith Farm, and replacement schools at Brunson Elementary, Konnoak Elementary, Hanes Middle School and Paisley IB Magnet School are also included in the 2016 Bond with price tags that exceed $18,000,000.

The estimated price tag for “land for a new eastern elementary school” is $1,500,000.

A complete list of the 2018 Bond Projects are available on the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools website.

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with the pathway to success. She said with continued support, the scholarship amount can grow every year.

In honor of their mother, Harold III and Harvey Kennedy donated $1,000 to get the ball rolling on next year.

“It may not be $10,000

yet, but we’re able to make a significant contribution that helps a young person pay their tuition or pay for their books so they’re able to focus on their education,” Flowers said.

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County passes budget tied to voter-approved sales tax T H e C H R ON I C Le

The county commissioners unanimously passed a $426.3 million budget with no property tax increase last week with plans to put a quarter-cent county sales tax on the ballot in November.

The commissioners will formally vote to place the new sales tax on the ballot at a later meeting.

It’s expected to pass since only Commissioners everette Witherspoon and Fleming el-Amin have said they didn’t support the new tax, which would apply to purchases in Forsyth County, except gas and groceries.

The money raised by the tax would go to pay for the debt from building the new courthouse. This is in lieu of a 2.3 cent property tax increase that was originally proposed in the budget. If voters do not pass the sales tax, then county property tax would need to go up 3.1 cent in the next budget to pay for courthouse debt. County property tax is currently 72.35 cents per $100 of property value.

The budget included the creation of a new communications office that will have one staff member and funds to absorb the administrative cost of Safe on Seven Domestic Violence Center currently paid for

by Family Services. It also included six new firefighters for the 109/209 fire units that support the county’s volunteer fire departments, which will be paid for with a .036-cent tax on the county’s fire districts.

Commissioner everette Witherspoon said he was pleased with the four additional social work positions the budget added for the Department of Social Services. He was also pleased Nurse-Family Partnership, which works with first-time mothers, got an additional nurse and support staff.

“When you’re talking about our most vulnerable citizens, you’re talking about Public Health, you’re talking about DSS. I think the budget did good by them,” he said.

Witherspoon said his one regret is that SHARe Co-operative, which is trying to open a co-op grocery store in a food desert on Peters Creek Parkway, only got $5,000. The nonprofit requested $200,000.

Commissioner Fleming el-Amin said he was pleased with the support that the budget gave to local organizations like $10,000 for the Children’s Law Center, $10,000 to help Carter G. Woodson School start an urban garden and the behavior health funding the Urban League received for its mental health outreach. el-Amin

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said there’ll be additional opportunities to help the community with “pay go” funds, which come from revenue the county has after expenditures.

“Hopefully, going forward, we’ll have a lot of pay go funds to address some concerns in the com-

munity,” said el-Amin.

Commissioner Gloria Whisenhunt, who voiced concerns about the size of the budget, said she liked things in it, like the $275,000 for a new ambulance, which will be paid for from the county’s fund balance and will be voted

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school segregation as state policy. But we cannot sit ideally by and let legislators take us back to the ’40s and ’50s.

I'm not going back,'' former Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board Chairman Arthur Griffin said.

Supporters of the charter school bill said Charlotte's school system has been unable to fix overcrowding in the rapidly growing suburbs and the proposal gives them some local control over schools.

The voter ID proposal is a constitutional amendment proposed last week by House Republicans. House Speaker Tim Moore and other GOP representatives filed Thursday, June 7, a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would ask voters to decide whether a photo ID requirement should be added to the current qualifications to vote. If the referendum is agreed to by the both Senate and House, the question would be on ballots statewide in November.

The GOP-controlled General Assembly passed a detailed photo ID law in 2013, but a federal appeals court determined three years later that the mandate and other restrictions contained in the measure were passed with discriminatory intent toward black voters.

GOP legislators rejected that determination, and said the law was designed to restore confidence in elections and prevent voter fraud. ``The voters of North Carolina deserve a chance to weigh in on securing their own rights in the democratic process, and will have the final say on strengthening election protections,'' Moore said in a news release announcing the bill filing.

Constitutional proposals require yes votes from threefifths of each chamber's membership. Republicans hold enough seats to exceed that if they remain united. No timeline was released on considering the measure. The legislative session is expected to end by the end of the month. ``If it comes over to the Senate I'm confident it will enjoy wide support,'' Senate leader Phil Berger said in an interview.

Spearman said that amendment, if passed, should also be struck down. ``Do not compromise the rights of people of color and the poor,'' Spearman said.

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on separately later this month. “everybody gets a little bit of what they want,” said Whisenhunt about the budget process.

County Commissioner Chair Dave Plyler said it was a good budget, even if work remained to be done

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on things like the shortfall in the county’s funding for the new Kaleideum museum. “[The budget] covers all the bases. The county should be healthy and safe,” said Plyler.

The business of unique

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BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

A key chain product from Jewellery Unique Gifts and Accessories is One-of-a-kind handbags shown. are among the products sold at Jewellery Unique Gifts and Accessories.

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The Business of the Month is Jewellery Unique Gifts and Accessories, 500 W 4th St.

Taleona Mayfield and her husband, Kevin, own Jewellery Unique Gifts and Accessories in Winston-Salem.

“Jewellery Unique Gifts and Accessories started out as a home-based business in a spare bedroom of our home,” said Taleona Mayfield. “With God’s leading/direction and the support of family and friends, we were able to move to a tworoom suite in Kernersville. In August of 2016, God blessed us, and we were able to expand and relocate to our flagship boutique in downtown Winston-Salem.”

The inspiration to start a business came from combining their love for people and Taleona’s passion for fashion, style and one-of-a-kind accessories.

“We took our gifts/talents and each of those passions and used them as a catalyst to start Jewellery Unique in July 2011,” Kevin explained.

The Mayfields always wanted to be

The owners of Jewellery Unique Gifts and Accessories say they offer unique gifts.

entrepreneurs and make a difference in the community. The beautiful couple shared, “This not just a business for us; it is a ministry.”

I asked Taleona what makes your store unique. “We offer unique, one-of-a-kind products. We are customer-focused and believe in treating all our customers like royalty,” she replied. Kevin added, “We are community-focused and want to make a positive impact in the lives of others.”

They embrace the concept of partnership and engage other entrepreneurs to sell their products in their boutique, “for us it is not about competition, but collaboration.

We believe we are better together.”

I asked the Mayfields about the challenges that come with owning a jewelry store. Kevin said, “As a small business, there is no segregation of duties. You are responsible for the success of your business and involved in every aspect of the business. You have multiple roles and responsibilities, including being the business owner, accountant, marketing manager, technology director, cleaning crew or whatever is needed.”

Taleona said as owners they come up

The owners of Jewellery Unique Gifts and Accessories say they offer unique

with promotions as well. “We are offering 10 percent off the entire purchase for readers of the Winston-Salem Chronicle,” she said.

What’s most impressive about the product at Jewellery Unique and Accessories is that many items are handselected. At Jewellery Unique Gifts & Accessories, you will find distinctive, oneof-a-kind fashion jewelry, handbags, tutus, custom apparel, sunglasses, scarves, ties and cufflinks.

Kevin said customer service is very important. “When our customers come into our boutique we want them to know how special/unique they are, we value who they are, and give them an opportunity to shop for items that express their individual style. We also want to provide a positive influence on the lives of others and encourage, empower, and motivate them to see the greatness that lies within to reach their

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fullest potential.

“We don’t want our business to be transactional,” Kevin said. “We want to build long-lasting relationships with our customers.”

Some of the community events and organizations Jewellery Unique and Accessories sponsor are, Covering Our Kids, Family Services Women’s Shelter, Red HEARRT, Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, and Samaritan Ministries Winston-Salem Rescue Mission. You can reach Jewellery Unique and Accessories at (336) 893-5075.

Companies interested in becoming a Business of the Month should apply at https://triadminoritybusinessexpo.com/.

This feature is sponsored by the WinstonSalem Branch of the NAACP, WinstonSalem Urban League, Triad Minority Business Expo and The Chronicle.

Nonprofits appeal for city funding in budget

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With the city voting on its budget on Monday, many nonprofits used last week’s budget hearing for a last minute appeal to the city for funding.

Every year, both the city and county devote some of their budget to funding local nonprofits.

The city’s proposed $530 million budget, which includes no tax increase, has nearly $1.2 million for community agencies, $1.3 million for programs to reduce recidivism under the city’s SOAR (Successful Outcomes After Release) initiative and $2 million from various federal grants for nonprofits.

The groups receiving money from the city in the proposed budget vary greatly. Prominent organizations such as the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, shelters such as the Bethesda Center for the Homeless and rehab programs such as adult drug court all received funding.

Experiment in Self Reliance, HARRY Veterans Outreach Services, Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods, Goodwill Industries, Habitat for Humanity and Freedom Tree at IDR (Institute for Dismantling Racism) were also among the funded.

Many organizations use the budget hearing to thank the city for funding. The National Black Theatre

Festival’s Sylvia Sprinkle Hamlin and Ward Miller spoke, thanking City Council members for the $100,000 the biennial festival was awarded. They said the city gets a return on its investment, since the 2017 festival, which held 143 performances, generated $8 million for the local economy with 4,210 hotel room stays, which is an increase of 28 percent from 2015. Sprinkle Hamlin said they’re already receiving calls about reserving rooms for next year’s festival.

“So 2017 was great, and we’re hoping 2019 will be even greater, and we thank you again for your support,” she said.

Positive Wellness Alliance, which serves those with HIV/AIDS, thanked the city for giving it $35,100 for the second year in a row for its case manager position, which is filled by Michael Hall. Hall provides medical and housing case management, focusing on connecting homeless people with the resources they need to get off the streets.

“I’m excited and pleased to be doing the work that I’m doing because it’s effortless to me because I love community,” said Hall.

But as always, there were more requests for money than funds available and council members heard from many nonprofits that were denied. Some were long-established nonprofits such as Authoring Action, a youth development program that focuses on poetry

and the arts. The group’s co-founders Lynn Rhoades and Nathan Ross Freeman appealed to the City Council for their $20,000 request.

“We’ve been doing this … getting ready for 17 years, with small grants and individual donations and it would be great to have the city support future citizens with this,” said Rhoades.

High Horizons Academies for Leadership and Community Development appealed for $50,000. The CDC was formed in 2015 by Praise Assembly Church Ministries to serve the Kernersville Road and Waughtown Street area in Southeast Winston-Salem.

The money would help the group expand its Summer Academic and Enrichment Program for students, which focuses on reading and math.

“The CDC, along with the church, has high hopes and high aspirations of working in that area to really make a change in the lives of individuals, particularly starting with our children,” said York.

Other denied nonprofits that appealed for money included the downtown art house theater a/perture Cinema, Crosby Scholars, North Carolina Governor’s School Foundation, Paisley Alumni Association and Winston-Salem MIXXER, a maker space with resources for creative entrepreneurs located on Martin Luther King Drive.

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Lynn Rhoades and Nathan Ross Freeman appeal for funding for Authoring Action during last week’s City Council budget hearing.

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Representatives from many local nonprofits filled the City Council chambers during a budget hearing last week.

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At least there is still suicide prevention help

Last week, two celebrities committed suicide.

And the Justice Department said the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, which requires Americans to have insurance, is unconstitutional and the department won’t defend it in court, National Public Radio says. The Justice Department is asking a federal court to strike down key elements of the law, a new blow to the health law and the stability of the individual insurance market, the Wall Street Journal says.

These news items might not seem related, but they could be. The Affordable Care Act provides health care to so many people who would not otherwise have health care. What if the breakdown in the coverage leads to more people committing suicide because they could not get the health care they need to avoid that?

It has been said that people emulate famous people who commit suicide, such as what appears happened when Maryland Monroe overdosed on barbiturates in 1962. There could be people thinking of following the lead of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade. What if health care could prevent them from following through but it is not there to prevent that?

What if someone is in so much pain that they want to die? What if they can’t get the health care they need and they just give in to the thought of suicide?

There is a hotline people can call that will guide people to help. If you need help or know someone who does, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, toll free, at 1-800-273-8255. It’s available 24 hours every day.

The News and Observer in Raleigh reports that people in N.C. who call the national lifeline number are referred to the North Carolina help center in Greenville.

The newspaper reports that calls to North Carolina's main suicide hotline nearly doubled following the deaths of the celebrities. Last week's rise in calls to the N.C. center reflected a national trend. Calls to the national lifeline were 25 percent higher last Thursday and Friday compared to the preceding week, a lifeline spokesperson told USA Today. Experts say media coverage of celebrity deaths can lead to an increase in suicide rates.

The News and Observer reports that the deaths of Spade and Bourdain occurred the same week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data on suicide deaths.

Suicides are on the rise in every state but Nevada and it's now the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States, the CDC reported. North Carolina's suicide rate increased 12.7 percent from 1999 to 2016, about half the national average.

The Justice Department has not explained how people are supposed to get help regarding their health without the Affordable Care Act. At least there is still a Lifeline available to attempt to help prevent people from committing suicide.

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N.C. voters want protection from hackers, not ID law To the Editor:

With the North Carolina General Assembly today [June 7] introducing a constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID in order to vote, legislators continue to bend the rules to deny eligible voters the right to vote instead of comprehensively addressing election security.

Secure elections are paramount to the integrity of our voting system and to ensuring voter confidence. Polling shows that North Carolinians view the threat of computer hackers as a clear and present danger to our election security.

Lawmakers should listen to voters who overwhelmingly view securing voting machines and equipment from hackers as a top priority.

Eighty-four percent of North Carolina voters are genuinely fearful of election hacking. Voter ID is a distraction from the important work of securing our elections from hackers and international interference.

The statewide poll of 1,002 registered North Carolina voters, conducted by Survey USA for Secure Democracy, found that voters are overwhelmingly concerned about the election system being hacked.

The poll also found that North Carolinians strongly support the adoption of safeguards other than voter ID to protect our election system, as put forth by the N.C. Board of Elections. Key findings from the poll are below along with links to topline results and crosstabs.

Among the poll’s findings: • 84 percent of voters – including 78 percent of Republicans – are concerned about hacking of the election system.

• Nearly two times as many voters (59 percent vs. 33 percent) believe securing voting machines from hack-

ers is a higher priority than requiring every voter to show a photo ID in order to vote.

Secure Democracy Raleigh

Note: Secure Democracy is a 501(c)(4) organization whose purpose is to educate policymakers and the public about secure and fair elections.

Illegally seated legislators seek to enshrine discrimination To the Editor:

Today [June 7] GOP Caucus Speaker Tim Moore introduced a possible amendment to the NC Constitution (HB 1092) to require voters in the state to present additional identification to be able to cast a ballot.

While North Carolinians call on this body to put living wages on the ballot, to consider the plight of the poor, and to invest in our public schools-- all actions which would help all North Carolinians--instead, the General Assembly has taken a step today to enshrine discrimination in North Carolina’s Constitution.

The NC NAACP already fought and won against the 2013 Monster Voter Suppression Law, including a photo voter ID provision in the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In NC NAACP v. McCrory, the court found that the legislature “target[ed] African-Americans with almost surgical precision” and enacted the voter suppression law with “discriminatory intent.” Unrepentant, these same officials seek to revive that discriminatory strategy today.

Instead of protecting voters, North Carolina’s 2013 Voter ID law

cheated honest citizens out of their vote, and forced us to relive an ugly chapter in our state’s history. Over 1,400 citizens lost their right to vote in the March 2016 primary when the ID law was illegally in effect. This General Assembly knows this, and yet it continues to pursue voter suppression at every turn. We call on all North Carolinians to call your legislator to: Say no to HB 1092 and discrimination in our constitution.

NC NAACP State Conference Raleigh

Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, president of the N.C. NAACP State Conference, lead plaintiff in the Fourth Circuit legal case that invalidated the 2013 discriminatory Voter ID law, issued the following statement today [June 7]: Federal and state courts have repeatedly ruled that stringent voter laws are being passed with minuscule or no evidence of need for them, and more importantly, with the intent or effect of suppressing the voting power of black, brown and poor white communities. If this General Assembly moves forward with this amendment scheme, the courts and the court of public opinion will find against them once again.

It was wrong in 2013, and it’s still wrong in 2018. There is no version of a photo ID law that won’t leave voters behind. We must end once and for all this period in North Carolina of “suppression sessions.” The people of North Carolina want to participate in an election in 2018 that is about policy that will change our lives, not politics that puts politicians schemes to remain in power above the democratic process, what is morally and constitutionally sound, and the sacred rights of the people.

Rev. T. Anthony Spearman, President N.C. NAACP State Conference Raleigh

New voter ID amendment will only hurt eligible voters Tom Lopez

Guest Columnist

Leaders in the N.C. General Assembly announced today that they will introduce a constitutional amendment requiring voter identification to cast a ballot in North Carolina. If passed, the proposal would be placed on the November 2018 general election ballot.

In response, Democracy North Carolina released the following statement that the nonpartisan voting rights organization would “adamantly oppose” any efforts to add voting restrictions to the state’s constitution.

Voters’ ability to access the ballot is at the heart of a fair election system. This effort, like past voter ID laws here and around the country, would compromise that access and disenfranchise eligible voters. North Carolinians have been harmed by lawmakers who drew illegal, racially-gerrymandered voting districts

and passed an illegal voter suppression law that targeted AfricanAmericans ‘with almost surgical precision.’

Democracy North Carolina will adamantly oppose any effort to permanently add these voting restrictions to our state’s constitution.

In August 2013, N.C. lawmakers enacted House Bill 589, deemed the worst voter suppression law in the country. Dubbed the “Monster Voting Law,” HB 589 was a strict voter ID law requiring certain identification to vote shown to be less frequently held by voters of color, and excluding identification disproportionately held

by African-Americans.

The law also shortened the state’s popular early voting period by a full week, eliminated same-day registration, prevented out-of-precinct ballots from being counted, and ended a successful pre-registration program for 16- and 17-year olds. All provisions were shown to disproportionately impact voters of color, students, low-income voters, the elderly, people with disabilities, and rural residents.

In July 2016, U.S. Court of Appeals struck down the Monster

Law violating Constitutional and statutory bans on intentional discrimination, and specifically noted that it “targeted African-Americans with almost surgical precision.”

In May 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to revisit the case.

Despite findings that HB 589 harmed voters, since 2017 legislative leaders had threatened to revive the voter ID and other provisions.

Democracy NC is encouraging voters to contact their legislators now to oppose this bill.

Tomas Lopez is executive director of Democracy North Carolina.

Democracy North Carolina is a statewide nonpartisan organization that uses research, organizing, and advocacy to increase civic participation, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and remove systemic barriers to voting and serving in elected office. See this response at https://democracync.org/news/democ racy-nc-responds-new-voter-idamendment-will-only-hurt-eligiblevoters/

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JUNE 14, 2018

Legislation helps fight poverty

Today [Wednesday, June 6], thousands of low-income Rep. Ed students across the state came one step closer to Hanes breaking from the cycle of Guest poverty through true educaColumnist tional opportunity.

Legislation passed in the House today ensures that all students who score 5 on the end of grade tests in grades 3-8 will automatically be granted access to advanced math courses.

Today, with my other primary sponsor Rep. Chris Malone and our cosponsors on the original HB 1048, we have passed what is perhaps the single most important piece of education policy for low-income children during my six years in the General Assembly.

I would like to further thank the leadership of the House Education K-12 committee, who worked with us to PCS this bill with Rep. Pat Hurley’s important cursive writing legislation, HB 986. That legislation will now be the home for what we hope will be only the beginning to opening true educational rigor and opportunity for ALL of North Carolina’s children, no matter their financial standing Last year, the News & Observer published a three-

part exposé in which they found that thousands of highpotential, low-income students are being excluded from advanced math courses beginning in elementary school.

The analysis shows that only one of every two lowincome third-graders who scored above grade-level in 2010 was admitted in an advanced math course the following year, compared to three of four affluent students with the same scores. Once again, this shows that lowincome, academically successful math students are being “counted out” when it comes to advanced math courses, dramatically reducing their likelihood for post-secondary success.

Until now, the poorest students in our state … the most vulnerable to the ravages of poverty … were routinely and intentionally prevented from gaining access to rigorous advanced math classes. Their tickets to better academic perpetration … their path from poverty were instead given to lower scoring students from better financial conditions. Sometimes even high scoring students from fine financial conditions were being left out of these advanced math classes.

Over the years, these decisions were made by educational specialists who ultimately decided who got a ticket to economic freedom, and who got left in what seems to be a never-ending cycle of poverty. Often times those decisions were made with a subjective laziness of social

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capital: The students weren’t judged to be “creative enough” … they weren’t a “high enough achiever in the classroom” … they didn’t have the appropriate “support at home” … or most troubling to Representative Malone and I … the students “lacked other observable behaviors that demonstrated real aptitude in math.”

It is our moral imperative to give these children the opportunity to break out of their generational cycle of poverty. By passing this legislation and giving these lowincome students the opportunity to postsecondary studies, we are providing them the means to possess the intellectual capital … the social capital … and the culture capital necessary to change their impoverished condition.

Not only is this a moral imperative, it is also a constitutional imperative … North Carolina’s constitution promises a sound, basic education for every student in our state. Withholding access for qualified students does not seem to fulfill that threshold.

The roots of inequality run deep. Today we are beginning the attack on that root … that soft bigotry of low expectations. This problem is bigger than any of us individually but it is NOT bigger than a UNITED NC General Assembly.

N.C. Rep. Edward Hanes Jr. is a Democrat who represents District 72 in Forsyth County.

The NFL and the White House are on the same wrong page

The truth can sometimes be blurred and hidden by a campaign of Guest misinformaColumnist tion and lies. f If you have a public relations organization that can spread innuendo and you are weak-minded, you will probably fall for it and be hoodwinked.

There are some tragic events that have occurred in our world that have been given different spins. For example, what were the true facts about the Princess Diana’s incident [that led to her derath]? There have been countless articles about how she was killed. How about the assassination of t President John F. Kennedy? Was Lee Harvey Oswald the lone conspirator or was he a part of a group? On April 4, 1968, civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. Did James Earl Ray

James B. Ewers Jr.

Micha James

Guest Columnist

There is a thin line between sanity and insanity! This school year has caused me to pray the prayers of my great-grandmother more than ever: “Lord, please keep me in my right mind …”

I am the mother of a rising ninth-grader who experienced one of the worst school years. As a result of a side effect from a 90-day birth control medication trial, coupled with the trials of life, I experienced a period of deep depression. A period that caused me to sit in the Hanes Mall parking lot, the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, stare at Forsyth Medical Center and plan how to receive the 72-hr

act alone?

Over time, books, documentaries and other forms of media have been produced about these events. However, in the end, it is up to us to decide upon the facts and the information. These tragedies will always be debated because of the many story lines that they have.

Another story that we will talk about for some time will be the flag controversy and the National Football League. During an exhibition football game on Aug. 14, 2016, San Francisco quarterback, Colin Kaepernick decided to sit during the playing of the national anthem. After Kaepernick sat, many other professional football players decided to sit, kneel or lock arms in solidarity and unity.

As we all know, players in the NFL were protesting how people of color were being treated by the police. We were being victimized and traumatized by the police.

The victimization of minority groups in this country has been going on for so long that we really can’t point to when it start-

ed. It has just always been that way. It is my opinion that it is a sore that continues to fester with injustice and racism. This unequal system of justice has rendered many of us helpless and hapless.

The protests have continued and Kaepernick, the leader of this mighty movement, has been blackballed by the NFL. He simply cannot get a job playing quarterback for an NFL team. Quarterback positions are open, just not for him.

During these protests, the president of the United States has decided to weigh in with his version of the truth. He believes the players are unpatriotic and should be fired from their jobs. He has used varying degrees of profanity in describing those players who protest.

He has a public relations machine that is based in Washington, D.C. that has created multiple untruths and false narratives.

There seems to be no end to the blatant lies that are coming out of that misguided enterprise. He has enough people believing him, which in and of itself says some-

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thing about the current condition of America. It is my opinion that Mr. T[rump] nor anyone else in his public relations firm have ever been accosted by the police.

The NFL owners on May 23 passed a ruling that players on the field must stand for the national anthem. “Personnel who choose not to stand for the anthem may stay in the locker room until after the anthem has been performed,” says Commissioner Roger Goodell.

We live in a divided America led by a divisive leader. I still believe justice is right around the corner. We just can’t see it yet.

James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University, where he was all-conference for four years. He is a retired college administrator. He can be reached at ewers.jr56@yahoo.com.

Closed mouths don’t get fed

treatment and be out in time to go to work the following Tuesday so no one would ever know.

After stopping the medication and communicating my feelings with some of my “villagers,” including my health care provider, the weight of the depression is lifting. I am a fighter, but it does not make me immune to issues. There are no flow charts listing instructions on how to parent or what to do on days when I do not feel like “adulting.” I had to open my mouth, talk about how I was feeling and be open to receiving help.

I risked being judged, misunderstood and not receiving the same support I so freely give others.

I was willing to take those risks versus the risk of my mental crisis taking over my life. All stories are not like mine. I encourage you to be villager for someone.

We all have problems, but I believe if we were willing to listen to help versus lis-

ten to gossip, it would change the trajectory for so many people who suffer in silence.

I also encourage you to get/stay involved in the community, particularly in the public schools. Listed below is an abbreviated version of the letter I sent my son’s assistant principal and principal (school and teachers' names have been removed) the day before his graduation, describing our school year.

Find a way to “feed” someone because, while the saying is, “Closed mouths don’t get fed,” many of us are silently hungry.

Letter follows I am writing this note to you with gratitude, sadness and relief.

I have had five conversations with you in the two years my son, Michai, attended your school and they were all related to issues. An issue where Michai’s Spanish teacher became so angry with him for a statement Michai

made (one he was disciplined for) that it hindered her ability to educate him without bias. So much so, we ultimately had to have him moved to another teacher. Second issue was when he was accused of something and you were able to determine he had no involvement and the final one was when Michai’s FOURTH math teacher would not respond to my messages. You followed up on all issues and this is where my gratitude lies.

Sadness is present because this is the year and the school where my son learned how Black he was; and we all know from the news how Black boys/men are viewed. *Science teacher* called during the first semester to discuss two accusations; one true, the other false. She also said, with fear in her voice, “… and he’s staring at me with those eyes.” I was emailed by *second math teacher* to discuss Michai’s behavior, but

when I came to the school to discuss, she ignored me and didn’t so much as even make eye contact. After I discussed how I was offended by an assignment given by *English teacher*, it seemed Michai was watched more and I was e-mailed more about “petty stuff.” *Fourth math teacher* stated, “I told Michai he’s wasting your money with a tutor … ” WHAT IS THAT TO SAY TO A STUDENT who grew 6 inches, is hormonal, dealing with “stuff” and voiced, while out sick, he didn’t like school anymore and inquired if he had to return? This is where I almost had a mental break because I felt as though I failed as a parent since I CHOSE the school.

Is Michai perfect? Hell no, but I am relieved THIS school year is ending for Michai. I am relieved Michai’s spirit is healing, which helps me heal as parent. I write. I don’t claim to be a professional

but, I write. As a writer I know I could have used “he,” “him” and “his” in place of Michai’s name, but I chose to write his name because I am happy to be able to use Michai’s name for a testimony rather than an “in memory of” tribute because it is no secret how high depression and suicide rates are in teens.

Again, I AM RELIEVED. God knew whom to place in our village and they LITERALLY pulled us through to this day. I am one who doesn’t celebrate 8th grade graduations because the expectation is that, at the very least, Michai is to obtain a High School Diploma, but I will celebrate tomorrow because we almost didn’t make it.

Michai’s Mom Micha James is a health care advocate.

James can be reached via michalavae@gmail.com.

SHARE holds classes as it gets closer to opening co-op grocery store

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BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

As SHARE Cooperative of WinstonSalem gets closer to its goal of opening a co-op grocery store at West Salem Shopping Center on Peters Creek Parkway, its already holding cooking classes and other events there.

SHARE (Supplying

Williams said he expects construction to start in a matter of weeks and hopes the store will open by year’s end.

SHARE’s latest appeals

Upcoming SHARE nutrition classes

Secrets to Healthy Breakfasts, Saturday, June 16 at 11 a.m.

Snacks/Mini-Meals, Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m.

Secrets to Easy and Healthy Dinners, Saturday, June 30 at 11 a.m.

Williams

Honest and Respectful Engagement), an initiative of Freedom Tree at IDR (Institute for Dismantling Racism), is planning to sign a lease for a longvacant space at the shopping center that used to be home to a Food Lion. The plaza is on the corner of West Academy Street and Peters Creek, which is a food desert where fresh, healthy food isn’t readily available. The store, Harvest Market, will be a co-op in which people buy memberships that will give them a vote in how the store is run, and profits will be reinvested in the community. SHARE currently has 235 members.

“We’ve come a long way,” said SHARE Organizer Rev. Gary Williams. “We started this journey two years ago and there are very well meaning people in WinstonSalem who want to see this happen.”

All classes are held at 603 Peters Creek Parkway.

Those interested should RSVP by emailing SHAREcoopclasses@gm ail.com at least 48 hours in advance.

for funds include requests to the city and county. The nonprofit received $5,000 in the county’s 2018-2019 budget; it requested $200,000.

SHARE plans for Harvest Market to be a full service grocery store that everyone can shop at, not just members. There will be food purchase subsidies available to those who participate in healthy eating classes and are involved with the store.

SHARE is not waiting for the store to open to start those classes and is holding them at its office, located on the side of the plaza at 603 Peters Creek Parkway. The nonprofit is also holding a farmers market in the plaza’s parking lot on Saturdays between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. in hopes of cultivat-

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ing relationships with local farmers whose produce the store might carry.

While no farmers set up last Saturday, June 9, SHARE did host a family cooking class held by Kohl’s Cooks Mobile Kitchen.

The mobile kitchen is an outreach of Brenner FIT (Families in Training), a comprehensive pediatric weight loss program at Brenner Children’s Hospital, and is sponsored by Kohl’s with additional funding from the Mebane Charitable Foundation. It holds family cooking classes at places around the community to teach families healthy habits.

“Instead of people coming to the hospital, like when they’re really sick, the hospital is trying to go to people in the community,” said DeOnna Gray, community health program manager with Brenner FIT. Culinary instructor N’Gai Dickerson led Saturday’s class, which taught how to prepare a black bean pita, which participants got to eat and take home all the leftovers.

Clara Phelps was the only child to participate with her mother, Lisa, who is a co-op member. Clara enjoyed the class and wanted to come back and do it again.

“It was fun,” said Clara, “Now I know how to cook something.”

The mobile Kitchen will return to SHARE on June 30 at 10:30 a.m. for a Spanish language cooking class.

Farmers interested in participating in SHARE’s farmers market can email details@share-ws.coop

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JUNE 14, 2018

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Is LeBron leaving Cavs after sweep

by Warriors?

I was going to save this column for next week because I was sure the Cavaliers would stretch the series to at least five or six games, but I was wrong. I even went so far as to write an entirely different column, but after the Warriors swept the Cavs, I had no other choice.

It was almost a foregone conclusion that LeBron James and the Cavs had no chance of beating the Warriors in the Finals. With the cast of characters James had running with him, it would have taken a miracle to upset the defending champs.

I can't imagine what is going through the head of LeBron at this moment.

The fact he is chasing a ghost he will never catch has to be exhausting. He has to find a way to overcome what the juggernaut Warriors have at their disposal.

With LeBron's record now 3-6 in the Finals, he has to analyze where his next destination will be.

At the age of 33, he doesn't have too many years left being the best on the planet. If championships are his goal there are only a few teams in the league where it makes sense for him to go.

I have heard everyone say the best place for James to head to is Houston. I get that the Rockets have James Harden and Chris Paul with a host of three-point shooters, but we all saw what happened against the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, missing 27 three-pointers in a row in the second half.

James would also command a max salary, meaning some of the supplementary pieces would have to be let go or traded away. Granted, a Big Three of James, Harden and Paul would be formidable, but if they don't have the proper role players, I still don't see them beating the Warriors.

A move to the Rockets would also mean James would have to play in the Western Conference for the first time in his career.

That would also mean going through the rigors of facing the tougher teams in the league game in and game out.

If the Rockets can find a way to bring James to town, I think they have a great shot to beat Golden State, but I'm not sure James wants to leave the East. I feel that would be a good move for James.

I also have heard talk about James joining the up-and-coming Philadelphia 76ers. This is the most intriguing out of all the final destinations for LeBron. With young studs Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz all heading toward their prime, James would be the veteran leaderneeded to vault them to the next level.

I think this would be a smart move for James for a couple of reasons. For one, the 76ers have a good core without James.

Second, playing with such a young group of players

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Trainer looks to give kids a leg up for next season

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

It's only summertime, but those dedicated to their craft are gearing up for the next football season. For those looking for intense training to prepare them for

the year, JD Training might be the place for you.

JD Oglesby, a 2009 Atkins High grad and former Wake Forest football player, has been coaching football and basketball for the past four years after his

graduation from Wake. He began JD Training after urging from players he was doing work with after practice. He is currently an assistant coach for the basketball and football teams at Winston-Salem

Young gymnast eyes future Olympic games

Preparatory Academy.

“I used to just do side work with some of my players that I was coaching at school when they wanted some extra work,” he said.

“It really took off when

The players focus on speed and agility during the group session.

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Samantha Davis is a 12-year-old gymnast who one day hopes to showcase her skills at the Olympic games.

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BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Samantha Davis is a 12-year-old seventh-grader that picked up the sport of gymnastics a little more than three years ago. She has jumped headlong into the sport and spends six days a week practicing her craft hoping to one day showcase her talent on the national stage.

Back in April, Davis competed in the USA Gymnastics Region 8 meet in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Davis started off strong, winning the uneven bars and finishing second on the vault. Her day was derailed by a fall on the balance beam, which dropped her scores dramatically. Overall she finished eighth among 59 competitors.

“I love gymnastics,” she said. It gives me a chance to

W-S native reaches goals in track and field

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Richard Vinson, a 2018 graduate of SE Missouri State University, was born in Winston-Salem.

Recently he competed in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the javelin.

Vinson finished 19th overall in the event held in

Eugene, Oregon, June 6-9.

His accomplishment is that much more impressive if you take into account he has only been throwing the javelin for two years.

“I am really happy with how I performed because coming into the season, my main goal was to just make it to nationals,” said Vinson. “I had three goals, actually, which were to See Goals on B2

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Richard Vinson finished 19th in the javelin in this year’s NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Eugene, Oregon.

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As a former Division I athlete, JD Oglesby can give his clients insight on what it takes to get to the next level.

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Along with being a stellar athlete, Samantha Davis is also a star student in the classroom.

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get out there and compete against other girls and have fun along the way. It is something I plan to pursue as I get older and maybe even make it to the

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make it to regionals, make it to nationals and to break the school record. I was able to do all three, which is a great accomplishment.”

The javelin is notorious for having some of the most stiff competition in all of track and field.

Many of the competitors come from outside the U.S. and have been competing on the national level for their home nations for years.

Having such quick success in the sport was somewhat of a surprise for Vinson, he stated. He says he put in countless hours of practice to get to this level.

Vinson says he loves the challenge of the javelin to try and get better each day.

Vinson came to SE Missouri State as a football player, initially. He wanted to begin a track career in the long jump, so he walked onto the school team with that goal. In the middle of practice, a coach asked him how far he could throw a football and transitioned to the javelin the next day.

“At first I was terrible

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would allow James to lead this group for the next couple of years and when his talents start to decline he can pass the reigns over to them and ride their coat tails for another title or two. Lastly, he would have the ability to stay in the East and continue to make the finals.

Other suggestions I heard rumors of James going to are Los Angeles,

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Olympics one day.”

Each year she has participated in the sport she has taken another step in the direction of her dreams.

Her first year she competed

at it, but I just stuck with it, and two years later to be here is great,” he said. “I never touched a javelin before and never ran track in high school, but I picked it up and it ended up working out.”

As a junior, his first year competing in the javelin, Vinson won the Ohio Valley Conference championship in the event.

His main goal that year was to win the conference championship.

Going forward, Vinson has his eyes set on the 2020 Olympic Games. He has started working with world renowned track and field coach George “Pup” Williams of St. Augustine's University in Raleigh. St. Augustine's has dominated the Division II track and field scene for several decades under Williams.

Williams has also been a coach on several Olympic teams dating back to the 1990s.

“The best thing he can give me is experience because I am so brand new to the sport,” Vinson said about what Williams can bring to his training. “I am

Miami and even staying in Cleveland. None of those teams would give James what he is looking for at this moment, which is instant championship contention.

Recently a report from ESPN's Stephen A. Smith stated James will listen to all offers this off season, including the Golden State Warriors. There is no way on earth James should consider joining the Warriors.

those players told their friends at other schools about me and it really just grew into its own thing.”

“I then thought to myself that if I am producing these kind of results I might as well turn this into a business,” he continued.

According to Oglesby, JD stands for Just Determination. He focuses his training on speed and agility along with football specific movements.

“In a group session we will keep it a little bit more basic, focusing on footwork, flexibility and agility,” said Oglesby. “In individual workouts it's more suited to what that individual person wants to focus on.”

Oglesby was a linebacker during his time with the Demon Deacons.

When it comes to his training, he works with all positions, catering a workout to the skill sets necessary for each individual position.

As a former Division I athlete, Oglesby feels he can give the players he trains the inside track on what it will take to make it to the next level in the sport. He says the players he trains just are not aware of some of the drills they should be doing in order to get better.

“A lot of these kids are in a situation where they just don't know what in mostly local meets with a few regional meets thrown in here and there.

Last year she met the same kind of success, fairing well in competitions throughout the state and earning a berth in the state AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) meet.

This year has been a breakout one for Davis.

She started the season by capturing the all-around competition at a big meet in Asheville. She made the biggest splash at the U.S. Gymnastics meet capturing second place in the allaround competition at the Platinum level. At the state meet, her scores were all 9.4 or better.

“I thought I did well in the state meet,” she went on to say. “It was a lot of fun and my scores were consistent. That's what I have been working toward accomplishing since last summer.”

As she progresses, Davis says she wants to follow in the footsteps of her idol Simone Biles, who won the all around and four other gold medals at the 2016 Olympics.

“Simone Biles isincredible,” she stated. “She has still learning to perfect my craft and technique and I feel like he will get me to the next level to where I can be a great athlete for the U.S.A. one day.”

On Nov. 5, 2017, Vinson lost his mother, Tonya. The loss of his mother gave him a reason to push and inspire in spite of the circumstances he was going through, he said.

“It happened in November, so it was literally right before our season started, so that really motivated me,” he said. “She always believed I would make it and she always told me I would, so I wrote it down on a note card and looked at it every day.”

For Vinson, he feels more confident now more than ever. He says the only difference he saw in himself from the other competitors was simply experience.

“I am already close to where they are right now and they have been doing this for a lot longer than I have,” he continued. “I feel that if I keep progressing at this rate, I have a chance to really be somewhere in the next couple of years.”

He can't join the team that has already beaten him three out of the last four years.

No matter where he goes, James will make them a contender. He just has to make the right choice that gives him the best chance to win as many championships he can over the next four or five years.

This summer should be interesting.

they should be working on,” he said.

“Every kid knows they should be quicker and faster, but they don't know what the college coaches are looking for and what drills are actually going to translate to the game.”

“There are things their parOglesby ents don't know because they have not been in that situation. I've been in that situation over the last 10 years and I've also worked some college camps at Wake and Chapel Hill, so I know what the coaches are looking for, so that's what I am trying to give these guys now, to give them the advantage as they try and get recruited.”

Oglesby works with middle school, high school as well as college players. He says for the younger guys he wants them to know what it takes to play in college but for the college players his focus is to enable them to climb the depth chart to become starters.

Since his business began two years ago, Oglesby says he has received nothing but positive responses from the players and their

set the bar high in gymnastics and she is who I want to be like. I really like her enthusiasm and desire.”

Not only does Samantha stand out in gymnastics, she's also an outstanding student. She has attended private school for most of her life. She started out at Forsyth Country Day School at 4 years old and stayed in that program for four years before attending public school.”

“I really enjoyed going to Forsyth Country Day,” she said. “I made a lot of friends and had a lot of fun there. The academics were really good.”

Following her time at Forsyth Country Day, Davis enrolled in Cook Elementary. In her two years at Cook, she scored in the 98 percentile in math on the end of grade test as a third-grader, which was the top score in Forsyth County. She now attends Faith Academy Christian School, a private school started by her grandparents Sam and Denice Davis.

“Cook was a lot different from what I was used to,” she said. “But the kids there were fun and I made a

parents.

“You can see the development of the players so in my eyes I can tell because I know where they started and how far they have come,” he continued. “Their parents can also tell because they have been in the process the entire time and the kids can feel that.”

“I have also been blessed to have clients that are focused and determined. Like I said the name is Just Determination so if you come to me with determination we can accomplish some goals, but you have to have that before you come and the guys that I work with have that so it has been a lot of positive feedback from it.”

Overall the best thing about training the young guys for Oglesby is change he says. He says he doesn't want to do anything and not have a result he can see. He enjoys seeing a client come to him with a goal and months later have that kid achieve the results he set out to for initially.

“Seeing their confidence change is the most fulfilling thing for me,” he said.

For more information on JD Training, call (336) 462-8207 or email at jdogle58y@gmail.com.

Samantha Davis comes from a long line of athletes on both sides of her family.

lot of friends. My parents and grandparents have always pushed academics.

I just tried to always do my best and have fun.”

Samantha seems to be blessed with a strong academic and athletic gene pool on both sides of her family. Her mother and grandfather were star athletes on the high school and

collegiate levels. Her uncle was also a member of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics team in the 1990s.

“I have had great support from my entire family,” she says. “Gymnastics is an expensive sport and a lot of my family members have stepped up to help out.”

Richard Vinson has his eyes set on competing in the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Community Briefs

DSS-Public Health consolidation takes shape as vote nears

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The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem is requesting grant proposals The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem – a community of passionate women creating social change – is now accepting grant proposals for the 2018 cycle of its Grants Program. The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. on June 29.

The Fund’s grant program seeks to ensure that all women and girls in Forsyth County have equal opportunities and the skills and resources to be independent, self-sufficient, and contributing members of the community. This grant program will provide organizations of all sizes with grants of up to $15,000. The Fund’s grant making focus emanates from their 2015 research report “A Second Look Through a Gender Lens: The Economic Security of Women and Girls in Forsyth County.” This report highlights that poverty and economic security encompass and are impacted by these four focus areas in their grant making: financial stability; jobs/career development; education; and family impact. This report and the poverty study released by Forsyth Futures indicate disparities within the community. Therefore, the Fund will give priority to applications that address concentrated poverty and poverty in African-American and Hispanic/Latino communities. Pilot projects or programs that explore innovative approaches to dealing with these issues are also welcome. Grants are funded from the pooled contributions of the Fund’s diverse membership of nearly 800 women and girls.

The 2018 Grant Guidelines and application forms are available under the grants tab of The Women’s Fund website at www.womensfundws.org or may be obtained by sending an e-mail to info@womensfundws.org or by calling (336) 714-3468.

‘Black Panther’ starts WePLAY Movies in the Park series City residents are invited to enjoy four free family-friendly movies this summer, starting with a free showing of “Black Panther” on Saturday, June 16, in the Gathering Place at Fairview Park, 925 Bethlehem Lane.

Food trucks will be on site and pre-movie activities will begin at 6. The movie will begin at dusk. Residents should bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on.

Also showing this summer as part of the WePLAY Movies in the Park series are “Ferdinand,” July 21 at Winston Lake Park; “Coco,” Aug. 4 at the WinstonSalem Fairgrounds; and “The Incredibles,” Aug. 18 at Jamison Park.

The movie series is being sponsored by Recreation and Parks, Community Development, and the Winston-Salem Police Department, said Emerald Bowman, the senior special projects coordinator for Recreation and Parks.

“We created the Movies in the Park series to provide fun, safe and leisure programming for families of all ages,” Bowman said. “They’re strategically placed throughout the city to ensure that they are easily accessible to our citizens.”

“Ferdinand” on July 21 and “The Incredibles” on Aug. 18 will also be shown outdoors and feature food trucks and pre-movie activities starting at 6 p.m. The showing of “Coco” on Aug. 4 will be held in the Neal Bolton Home & Garden Building on the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds and will begin at 2 p.m.

Atkins student receives an M.L. King Jr. Scholarship from NCAE Cyerra Cruise, a senior at the Atkins Academic & Technology High School, is the recipient of a $1,000 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship from the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE). Presented by the NCAE Human and Civil Rights Commission, the scholarships provide financial assistance to graduating seniors who plan to further their education beyond high school. Selection criteria for students include character, personality, and scholastic achievement.

The scholarship will be applied toward Cruise’s college education at N.C. A&T State University, where she has been accepted and plans to study biology.

Described as dedicated, kind, and having a willingness to serve, Cruise said Dr. King’s philosophies and ideals influenced her to help change the climate at her high school from one of cultural exclusion to one of cultural inclusion. It was a challenge, but outcome has been positive. Cruise is an active student, both at school and in her community. She is captain of the varsity outdoor and indoor track-and-field teams, participated in Science Olympiad, and is a member of Black Achievers. She is a member of the National Society as well as the National Honor Society for High School Scholars. Her goals are to attend medical school after graduating from A&T to become an obstetrician gynecologist. She also wants to create a non-profit for young and single mothers, which will provide services such as housing, reduced-cost medical services, and items needed by mothers and children.

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BY TODD LUCK THE CHRONICLE

With the public hearing and vote on consolidating the Social Services and Public Health departments on June 21, the county is making plans for what the consolidated Human Services will be like.

Consolidation is mainly about who runs the two departments, with each currently having their own boards that hire and fire their directors.

If approved, consolidation would go into effect on July 1 and would have Deputy County Manager Ronda Tatum acting as Human Services director with advice and consent of a consolidated board.

County management will have hiring and firing powers.

Human Services employees will no longer be under the State Human Resources Act and will be under the same policies and procedures as other county employees. The current heads of the departments will remain and no staff changes are expected.

Plans are for the new Human Services board to be made up of 10 current public health board members and four current Social Services board members. The county will be advertising to fill four positions: psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker and consumer. The board’s first organizational meeting is scheduled for Aug. 1 at 5:30 p.m. at the Public Health Building and its first official meeting is on Sept. 5 at 5:30

p.m. at the Department of Social Services (DSS).

Tatum said county management has gotten no negative feedback on consolidation. Consolidation is expected to pass, since only Commissioner Everette Witherspoon has voiced opposition to it.

Witherspoon said he didn’t like taking away powers from the citizen boards and feels it would give the county commissioners more power over the two departments, since they hire the county manager.

“I just think the firewall between DSS, Public Health and the commissioners has to be maintained and this eliminates that,” said Witherspoon in a briefing last week.

County Manager Dudley Watts replied that the Public Health board chair said that he liked not having to deal with hiring and firing a director.

County Commissioner and Social Services Board Chair Fleming El-Amin agreed. His board recently went through the process of firing a DSS director.

“I feel very comfortable going forward we’ll be even more effective as a board without the headaches of going through what we went through last time,” said ElAmin.

Under consolidation, firing the directors of either DSS or Public Health would be a decision by the Human Services and Human Resources directors with any appeals being made to the county manager. Commissioners do not meet on county personnel matters unless its

one of the few positions they hire themselves, like the county manager, clerk or tax appraiser, or if there’s a legal issue.

Also on June 21, commissioners will vote on a memorandum of understanding between Forsyth DSS and the State Department of Health and Human Services that will require the local department to meet 27 performance requirements or NCDHHS could withhold state and federal funding.

If approved, the agreement goes into effect on July 1 with a grace period where no corrective plans will be given until Jan. 1, 2019.

Forsyth DSS only had four requirements it’s not meeting. Instead of 41 percent of children in foster care finding permanency in 12 months, the department’s at 27 percent.

Instead of 100 percent of program integrity claims for Food and Nutrition Services being established within 180 day of discovery, the department is at 88 percent. Instead of 50 percent of individuals and 90 percent of two-parent families verifying the required hours of work activities for Work First, the department’s at 12 percent on both.

DSS Director Victor Isler said that he was confident that DSS can achieve those through changing some business processes and he was proud his department already met most of the requirements.

“Our house is secure when it comes to performance,” said Isler.

Community Calendar

Today, June 14 – “Keys to Homeownership” North Carolina USDA Rural Development will celebrate National Homeownership Month and Building Communities Together with Forsyth Technical Community College on June 14 from 58 p.m. It will provide keys to owning a home. The event will be located at the West Campus, Room 36, 1300 Bolton St. For more information or to RSVP please contact Mr. Kelley D. Woodley, Area 2 Single Family Housing Team Leader by email or phone

by June 13 at kelley.woodley@nc.usda.gov (704) 284-5770.

Today, June 14 – Community conversation Hosted by Venture Café and United Way of Forsyth County, Ferguson Is On Fire: Healing Community Through Conversation will be held on June 14 at 7 p.m. The WS Police Department prioritizes community building - so what can the Triad learn that can help us honestly acknowledge our history and move toward a more harmonious, prosperous and resilient community? Join us for this moving and insightful session designed to spark positive change. The event will be held at enture Cafe Winston Salem, 486 Patterson Avenue, Bailey Power Plant. For more info, visit www.forsythunitedway.org.

Today, June 14, and June 21 and 28 – Salemtowne presents

Alzheimer’s Education Series Salemtowne will present a series of Alzheimer’s and dementia education courses on Thursdays June 14, 21 and 28. These sessions are free and open to the public, however registration is required by calling or emailing Rona Klein at 336-701-7141 or rklein@salemtowne.org.

All sessions will take place in the Amos Room of Babcock Health Care Center at Salemtowne, 1460 Babcock Drive, Winston-Salem. Details for the sessions are as follows: *The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, Thursday, June 14 – 2-3 p.m. or 7-8 p.m. *Understanding & Responding to DementiaRelated Behavior, Thursday, June 21 – 2-3 p.m. or 7-8 p.m. * E f f e c t i v e Communication Strategies, Thursday, June 28 – 2-3 p.m. or 7-8 p.m.

For additional information, call Salemtowne at (336) 767-8130 or visit salemtowne.org.

Now - June 17 – 40+ Stage Company presentation 40+Stage Company will present “Hot Flashes” through June 17.

Performances will be held in the Mountcastle Black Box Theatre at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, 251 N. Spruce Street, Winston-Salem, on Thursday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, June

16, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, June 17, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $12 for students, with a BOGO ticket night on Thursday, June 14. Group rates are also available.

Tickets are available at the Arts Council box office by calling (336) 747-1414 or online at www.rhodesartcenter.org.

June 15 – Blood drive Community Blood Center of the Carolinas will be hosting blood drive in Forsyth County on June 15 at the following location: June 15, 1-4 p.m., Homestead Hills Assisted Living, 3250 Homestead Club Drive, Winston Salem.

June 15 – Jazz downtown The city of Winston Salem presents Jazz Downtown on June 15 from 6-9 p.m. The event will take place at the Corpening Plaza, 237 West First St.

June 15 – “Strength of Shared Dreams” “MLK and the Strength of Shared Dreams” will be presented Friday, June 15, 7 p.m. at Parkway United Church of Christ, 2151 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem.

Following the 90-minute program there will be a time of discussion. There will also be a free will offering taken.

For more information, call (336) 723-1395.

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Sunday School Lesson

Teaching on Justice

Lesson Scripture: Matthew 15:1-9

By the end of this lesson, we will *Explore Jesus’ teaching about justice and hypocrisy. *Realize that God wants our hearts, not just our words. *Follow God wholeheartedly and not merely conform to outward religious tradition.

Background: The lesson was written in A.D. 29 and is set at the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee. Ritual handwashing was widely practiced before 70 C.E. [Common Era; used in place of A.D. The dates are the same.] Jesus points out in this chapter of Matthew that Pharisees keep their own traditions at the expense of violating Old Testament Law. The Pharisees did believe Scripture but they added religious traditions to the law and made them as important.

Lesson: Our lesson opens with a question posed on something minor – hand washing – but Jesus turns the question around into a larger question of faithfulness to the Law (verses 1-3). Jesus confronts the Pharisees with the Word of God … “Honor your father and your mother” and “He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.” To circumvent the Law, the Pharisees claimed that the amount of money they had dedicated to God prevented them from assisting their parents financially.

Jesus notes that this nullifies God’s law (verses 4-6). But tradition does not have the same authority as Scripture, and where it goes against Scripture it must be condemned. Jesus call them hypocrites and backs up His pronouncement with the words of Isaiah “This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me. But in Vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrine the precepts of men” (verses 8-9). Jesus’ point being, empty ritualism does not bring closeness to God. (The MacArthur Study Bible, the Modern Life Bible, UMI, UGP, Standard Lesson Commentary and the Oxford Bible Commentary.)

For Your Consideration: We have many traditions in our churches today. Do they serve the intent of God’s Word? Is the way we honor our parents today in any way reflective of Scripture?

Life’s Application: What was true in the time of Isaiah and of Jesus is still true today. We, hopefully without intent, find ourselves devoted to tradition, forms of worship, and rules of behavior or teachings of a renowned preacher. Our faithfulness to God is today as it was in biblical times, dependent on us allowing God’s cleansing in our lives that we may be truly clean by what Christ does to us on the inside. “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10)

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June 15 “Strength of Shared Dreams” “MLK and the Strength of Shared Dreams” will be presented Friday, June 15, 7 p.m. at Parkway United Church of Christ, 2151 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem. Following the 90-minute program there will be a time of discussion. There will also be a free will offering taken. For more information, call (336) 723-1395.

June 15 Dinner & A Movie Calvary Hill Church of Greater Deliverance, Inc. presents a “Dinner & Movie” sponsored by our World-Wide Media Ministry for $7 on Friday, June 15. Dinner will be served from 6 - 7:30 p.m. The

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#MeToo crisis jolts Southern Baptists

BY DAVID CRARY AP NATIONAL WRITER

The Southern Baptists are facing their own #MeToo crisis as the biggest Protestant denomination in the U.S. headed into its annual meeting this week.

A series of sexual misconduct cases prompted the Southern Baptist Convention's socially conservative, all-male leadership to seek forgiveness for the ill treatment of women and vow to combat it.

Hoping for more than rhetoric, women and some male allies protested in Dallas when the two-day meeting opened on

Tuesday. ``The past two months have been tough for our convention,'' SBC President Steve Gaines wrote last week. ``I believe God has allowed all of this to happen to drive us to our knees.''

Illustrating the SBC’s predicament, the central figure in the most prominent of the #MeToo cases, Paige Patterson, had been scheduled to deliver the featured sermon at the gathering.

However, Patterson withdrew from that role Friday, heeding a request from Gaines and other leaders.

Patterson was recently

Rev. Konnie Robinson, senior pastor of Union Chapel Baptist Church, delivered the sermon on the final day of Revival on the Lawn.

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In a letter to the "Southern Baptist Family," Paige Patterson has defended himself against "accusations that I ever knowingly ignored or failed to follow appropriate protocols in cases of reported abuse of women, students, or staff at any institution where I have served."

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Great music filled the air during the Revival on the Lawn at Nehemiah Worship Center.

Rev. Paul Thombs, senior pastor of Nehemiah Worship Center, says they have been holding the event outside for the past five years.

Church celebrates revival amid nature

Nehemiah Worship Center was joined by Union Chapel Baptist Church for Revival on the Lawn.

Photos by Timothy Ramsey

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

For the past five years, the Nehemiah Worship Center congregation has been celebrating revival in a unique way: holding a “Revival on the Lawn,” where they hold services during revival outside instead of in the sanctuary.

The Rev. Paul Thombs and the Nehemiah congregation closed their three-day revival with a service joined by Union Chapel Baptist Church. The Rev. Konnie Robinson, senior pastor of Union Chapel, delivered the sermon Thursday evening.

The service was blessed with wonderful weather that was not too hot for everyone to enjoy. The Rev. Thombs says the idea for holding revival outdoors was mainly due

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movie starts promptly at 7:30 p.m. Calvary Hill Church is located at 4951 Manning St. 27105. All are welcome to come out and fellowship with us as we enjoy some summer fun with family and friends. You can contact Tammy Orr by calling the church office at (336) 744-3012 for more information.

June 15-17 New Ministry Launch Total Worship Center 3.0 official launch weekend will incorporate on Saturday, June 16, a major evangelism campaign ("TWC Worship in the Park") located in downtown Greensboro at LeBauer Park, 208 N. Davie St. This event will include inviting partnering churches throughout the country. The founder and senior pastor of Total Worship Center 3.0 is Robert L.

to not having enough space to house everyone during the revival period.

“When we came into this setting and started our ministry, we knew if we had revival inside we would not have enough space, and it also took me back to our ancestors, when they used to have brush harbors and they had all of their church services outdoors,” said Thombs.

“When I got here, I just thought to myself ‘well we could just have revival on the lawn’ and from there we started having them outdoors,” he continued.

According to Thombs, the revival continues to grow year after year. The three-day revival is one of the best, Thombs stated.

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Black. His wife is First Lady Stacey Black. Also, the official opening of Total Worship Center and Pastor's instillation service will be on Sunday, June 17 at the Sheraton Hotel/Koury Convention Center in Greensboro.

June 17 Men’s Day Celebration Bishop Marvin, Pastor Clara Cremedy & Vessels of Honor Church Ministry, 3608 Ogburn Ave., will host “Men’s Day Celebration 2018” on on Sunday, June 17. The service begins promptly at 11a.m. For more information and or transportation, contact Pastor Clara Cremedy@ (336) 624-9351 or email @ claracremedy@yahoo.com.

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Foundation announces community grants T H E C H R ON I C LE

SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

The Winston-Salem Foundation recently announced 21 Community Grants totaling $611,267 that will touch the lives of many living in Forsyth County. This support is made possible by donors to the Foundation’s unrestricted funds and other flexible funds.

Grants were awarded to organizations in the following program areas: arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, public interest and recreation.

*ABA Fund for Justice and Education - $24,000 to implement a criminal justice task-force model *ABC of NC Child Development Center - $25,000 for a full-time controller *Addiction Recovery Care Association (ARCA) - $80,000 for the capital campaign *Big Brothers Big Sisters Services $100,000 for the capital campaign

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*Crossnore School and Children's Home - $25,000 for speech recognition software *Eliza's Helping Hands - $9,000 for a grant writer *Green Tree Peer Center - $9,900 for payroll and bookkeeping assistance *Island Culturez - $15,000 to develop a community action plan *Just for Him School of a Second Chance - $400 for a healthy eating and financial literacy program *Kaleideum - $100,000 for the capital campaign *Next Level Youth Enrichment Program - $800 for a youth coding program *Piedmont Environmental Alliance - $24,000 for a part-time marketing and membership coordinator *Piedmont Opera - $25,000 for a feasibility study *ReadWS - $25,000 to hire site coordinators to provide tutor support *Samaritan Ministries - $23,250 for

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disdismissed as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Texas because of his response to two rape allegations made years apart by students.

In a 2015 case, according to the seminary's board chairman, Patterson told a campus security official that he wanted to meet alone with a student who had reported being raped, to ``break her down.''

Patterson also was accused of making improper remarks about a teenage girl's body and contending that abused women should almost always stay with their husbands.

Baptist Press, the SBC's official news service, has reported on other cases, including the resignations of one seminary professor who acknowledged ``a personal moral failing'' and another who cited ``personal and spiritual issues.''

SBC leaders say there are many more cases – adding

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June 17 Worship Services Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of WinstonSalem, 4055 Robinhood Road, will have worship services on Sunday, June 17. Rabbi Dr. Andrew Ettin will speak at the 10:30 a.m. worship service on a topic he has titled “I’m Not Talking About That.” At the Forum, 9:15 a.m., Cynthia Dodge will review “Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life” by George Manbiot. At Explorations, 9:15 a.m., Rev. Dr. David Calhoun will discuss Gnosticism.

For more information, visit UUFWS.org.

June 17 Father’s Day celebration The Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, 1905 N Jackson Ave., will celebrate Father’s Day on Sunday, June 17, at 11 a.m. with a special celebration. The speaker of the hour will be Minister Robert Cooper of Rising Ebeneezer Baptist Church.

June 17 Father’s Day worship Rev. Dr. Dennis Leach Sr., pastor of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church , 1400 Fitch Street, invites all to attend the Father’s Day worship service on Sunday, June 17 during our 10:45 a.m. morning service. Rev. Dr. Jesse Jones, associate minister of Morning Star, will deliver the preached word. Music will be provided by the

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Father’s Day Choir. For more information, please call the church office at (336) 748-0216.

June 17 Father’s Day service The Presbyterian Men of Grace Presbyterian Church, 3901 Carver School Road, WinstonSalem, will sponsor its annual Father's Day/Men's Day worship service on Sunday, June 17 at 11 a.m. in the church sanctuary.

The speaker will be Cyrus Alexander, the former men's basketball coach at N.C. A&T State University, who also is a member of Grace. Coach Alexander recently completed a book about his life.

Also Elder Thomas Jefferson will be honored as the "2018 Man of the Year." Elder Willie C. Gray is moderator of the men's group. Rev. Toure' C. Marshall is the senior pastor of Grace. The general public is invited to attend this special service.

June 18-22 Vacation Bible School First Waughtown Baptist Church, 838 Moravia Street in WinstonSalem, will have Vacation Bible School from 5:45 to 8:15 p.m. June 18-22. The theme is "Jesus, The Kingdom Builder: Strong Families, Churches & Communities" with classes for all ages, including adults. There will be Bible lessons, crafts and activities, and refreshments each evening.

June 18-22 Vacation Bible School St. James A.M.E. Church, 1501 N. Patterson

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Thombs says he enjoys having the revival outdoors because it gives his congregation a chance to just enjoy nature.

The church sits on several acres of land, which gives them a chance to enjoy the service without any ambient noise from cars or other people.

“I enjoy the air and the fact you are not confined to padded seats,” he said. “After these three nights, we all go home and

succession planning *SECU Family House - $18,900 for major gift planning assistance *Smart Start of Forsyth County $38,000 for a full-time development officer *TCK Providence - $25,000 to develop a marketing strategy *The Centers for Exceptional Children - $30,467 for part-time staff for the infant and toddler program for a second year *Winston-Salem Indians - $300 for youth sports scholarships *Yadkin Riverkeeper - $12,250 for a full-time campaign coordinator position for a third year Earlier, the foundation announced nine Community Grants totaling $147,300.

Grants were awarded to organizations in the following program areas: arts and culture, education, environment, human services and recreation.

up to a humiliating debacle for the 15.2-million-member denomination. ``The avalanche of sexual misconduct that has come to light in recent weeks is almost too much to bear,'' wrote the Rev. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, in a recent blog post. ``These grievous revelations of sin have occurred in churches, in denominational ministries, and even in our seminaries.''

Mohler acknowledged that the crisis might raise questions about the SBC's doctrine of ``complementarianism'' – which espouses male leadership in the home and in the church and says a wife ``is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband.''

Mohler said the SBC will not abandon the doctrine.

But ``we need to realize there are unbiblical and toxic forms of complementarianism,'' he said. ``We should be honoring women, not abusing them.''

The Rev. Russell Moore, president of the SBC's public policy arm, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, said the #MeToo moment would not trigger a move to ordain women as ministers.

Ave., will hold its annual Vacation Bible School June 18 -22 from 6-8 p.m. each night. The theme is “Hero Headquarters, Where Kids Join Forces with God!” Classes are available from 2 years to adult.

June 19 and July 14 Anniversary Gala Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 Fitch St., Winston-Salem, will host a gala to celebrate its 100th anniversary. The gala will be held on July 14 at 5 p.m. at the Embassy Suites.

Tickets for this event are $32 per adult and $17 per child (age 10 and under).

Deadline is June 19.

Contact Rev. Charlotte Leach for ticket reservations. Visit our Facebook page or the church website for additional information a t www.facebook.com/morningstarwsnc/ or call the church office at (336) 4182003.

June 20-22 VBS New Birth Worship Center invites all to VBS June 20-22 (Wed. – Fri.) from 6-8 p.m. The theme is “One Way Road Map” based on John 14:6. There will be Bible lessons, crafts, games, music and snacks available. Also, there will be adult teaching. The address is 1033 Newbirth Dr. East Bend, NC. The Pastor is Dr. James L.E. Hunt. For additional information please call (336) 699-3583 or visit our website at www.newbirthworshipcenter.org.

June 21 Veterans’ outreach

sleep well because the night air is just so peaceful.”

Robinson delivered a message titled “The Best Escape Route For A Believer,” in which he spoke about how God gave all of his believers an escape route to heaven by the sacrifice made by Jesus when He died on the cross for our sins.

“I came tonight to tell everyone that we too every now and then find ourselves in need an escape route,” said Robinson.

“We can get to the escape route or a safety place by believing in Him.”

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Leaders from faithbased, nonprofit and community organizations present a veterans outreach event on June 21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This Regional Outreach Event is an opportunity for faithbased community leaders and organizations to learn about the benefits and serv-

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*Ava Gardner Museum - $7,000 for building repairs and improvements *Bookmarks - $28,000 for a community outreach and facilities manager for a second year *Carter G. Woodson School of Challenge - $9,800 for a student and parent liaison for a third year *Family Services - $2,000 to provide direct assistance to victims of violent crime *Piedmont Land Conservancy $15,000 for a full-time land protection specialist for a second year *Senior Services - $70,000 to support programs for high-risk older adults in Forsyth County for two years *Speas Global Elementary School PTA - $300 for the Speas Global Elementary School soccer club *Winston-Salem Tarheels - $500 for youth sports scholarships *Work Family Resource Center $14,700 for a part-time development director for a third year

``There is, though, a great deal of conversation about how women can have a greater voice in decisionmaking,'' he said, suggesting that more women could serve as trustees of seminaries and other institutions.

Moore and Mohler are among dozens of SBC leaders who have co-signed a resolution that will be submitted for approval in Dallas. It calls on the SBC to repudiate any rhetoric or behavior that dishonors women, and denounces those who commit or cover up such actions. It also urges congregations and ministers to abide by all reporting laws.

The draft resolution received a mixed review from Ashley Easter, a writer and speaker from Raleigh, North Carolina, who is an advocate for victims of abuse and an organizer of Tuesday's planned protest rally.

She and the others want the SBC to create a database of clergy sex offenders and require all pastors and seminarians to undergo training on how to address domestic abuse and sexual assault. ices the Veterans Administration provides to veterans, their families, survivors, caregivers and other beneficiaries. Information will be available on how to collaborate with the VA at the local, regional and national levels. It will be held at Goodwill IndustriesNW North Carolina Inc.

2701 University Parkway, Winston-Salem. Register in advance at EventBrite, https://varoe-winstonsalem.eventbrite.com or RSVP to Leslie Williams at Leslie.Williams1@va.gov or (202) 530-9219. Please register by June 14.

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Wake Forest law school dean stepping down next year T H E C H R ON I C LE

JUNE 14, 2018

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Suzanne Reynolds (JD ’77) has announced that she will step down as dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law at the end of the next academic year, effective June 30, 2019.

“Suzanne has demonstrated nearly 40 years of exemplary service to Wake Forest University School of Law, including five extraordinary years as dean,” said Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch.

“Her numerous contributions include a vision that ensured Wake Forest has continued to set the highest standards in legal education, the addition of new academic programs to meet evolving needs of legal professionals, and mentorship of our law students that exemplifies the blend of research and practice that distinguishes the school.”

Reynolds, who joined the Wake Forest law faculty in 1981, will return to the law school faculty on July 1, 2019, at the completion of her fifth year leading the school.

She served as interim dean for a year before being appointed dean on July 1, 2015.

Widely respected for her scholarship, teaching and public service, Reynolds served as executive associate dean for academic affairs from 2010 to 2014. She is the first woman to

lead the law school.

“How grateful I am to serve as dean at this pivotal moment in the history of the law school I love,” said Reynolds. “Because

of the devotion of the faculty and staff, we have faced the disruptive forces at work in the legal marketplace and embraced the changes we needed to

make to continue to prepare our graduates for rewarding professional lives. Most importantly, we have rededicated ourselves to educating the

whole professional, a lawyer who graduates committed to service.”

NCDOT TO HOST A PUBLIC MEETING IN JUNE FOR THE PROPOSED WINSTON SALEM NORTHERN BELTWAY EASTERN SECTION (FUTURE 1-74) PROJECT U-2579AA: BETWEEN U.S. 311 AND I-40 PROJECT U-2579AB: BETWEEN I-40 AND I-40 BUSINESS/U.S. 421 FORSYTH COUNTY

STIP Project No. U-2579AA and U-2579AB

The N.C. Department of Transportation is proposing to construct the Eastern Section of the Winston Salem Northern Beltway (Future I-74), Projects U2579AA and U-2579AB.

Project U-2579AA would be constructed between U.S. 311 and I-40 Project U-2579AB would be constructed between I-40 and I-40 Business/U.S. 421.

The public meeting will be held at R. B. Glenn High School located at 1600 Union Cross Road, in Kernersville, on Tuesday, June 19th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The purpose of this meeting is to provide interested citizens with information on the project and gather public input on the proposed design.

Interested citizens may attend at any time between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Please note that there will not be a formal presentation. NCDOT representatives will display maps and be available to answer questions and receive comments.

Comments and information received will be taken into consideration as work on the project develops. Written comments or questions can also be submitted at the meeting or later by July 6, 2018.

Project maps are available online at http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings/.

For additional information contact Allison White, NCDOT Project Manager, by phone at (919)707-6341 or by email at akwhite@ncdot.gov .

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this workshop. Anyone requiring special services should contact Diane Wilson, NCDOT Senior Public Involvement Officer by phone at (919) 559-7027 or by email at pdwilson1@ncdot.gov as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who speak Spanish and do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas que hablan español y no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

The Chronicle June 14, 2018

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June 16 – Wingfest 2018 Come sample the best wings in the Triad at this event with no admission charge! There will be fun, food, and entertainment for the whole family on June 16 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local restaurants will compete for the title of best wings in the Triad!

Several different categories including "People's Choice.” Tickets for food and drinks are $1.50 each/$15 for 10 tickets.

The event will be held at Piedmont Triad Farmers Market.

June 16 – Juneteenth festival The 14th annual Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 16, from noon to 7 p.m. at Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, utilizing Biotech Place and Bailey Park located at 575 N. Patterson Avenue.

The Juneteenth Festival, a national celebration of freedom, is set in the once thriving and bustling African-American business community. There will be an open seminar on “African American Healthcare Access” at 1 & 1:30 p.m. The events are free and open to the public. For more information, v i s i t www.triadculture.org, or call (336) 757-8556.

June 16 – Aug. 11 – Summer Workshops Old Salem Museums & Gardens is offering a series of fun, hands-on workshops each Saturday this summer from June 16 through Aug. 11. These workshops are perfect for the whole family, from kids. Each workshop will focus on either hearthcooking, pottery, or pewter spoon making.

The workshops are limited to 12 participants per session so pre-registration is advised. Register on line at oldsalem.org or call (800) 441-5305.

June 19 – Classes on getting media coverage “The Power of the Press Release,” a class given at Forsyth Technical Community College, will be held on Tuesday, June 19, from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Small Business Center, located at The Innovation Quarter, at 525 Vine St., in downtown WinstonSalem. The class is free, but participants are asked to register by visiting https://www.ncsbc.net/wo rkshop.

June 19 – Medicare workshop The Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem, in collaboration with the Forsyth County Public Library, is offering a workshop for individuals turning 65 (as well as those who already have Medicare) to learn about the different insurance options available. The session will be held on Tuesday, June 19 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Lewisville Branch Library, 6490 Shallowford Road, Lewisville. The session is provided at no cost, but reservations are required.

Contact the Shepherd’s Center at (336) 748-0217 for more information or to reserve a seat.

June 21 – Police Academy application deadline The Winston-Salem Police Department is now accepting applications for the Youth Citizens’ Police Academy. This program is being offered to young men and women, ages 16 or older, who are interested in learning about the Winston-Salem Police Department or a career in law enforcement. There is no cost to participate. .

The application deadline is June 21. For more information call Officer Claudia Morgan at (336) 408-8126 or send an email to cmorgan@wspd.org.

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Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. An Equal Employment Opportunity Contractor, Will Consider All Quotes Regardless of Race, Color, Religion, Sex, or National Origin and is Soliciting Bids for M/WBE Participation for the Following Project:

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH COUNTY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The United Way of Forsyth County is seeking a highly motivated and creative candidate for the Engagement Manager role. As an Event Manager you will create and develop event projects such as affinity group events, volunteer opportunities, and other large-scale gatherings that promote the United Way mission and vision while engaging the broader community . This position will report to the Director of Engagement.

Project Name: City of Greensboro, NC (Guilford County) Old Battleground Road 24” Waterline Extension Contract 2018-013

Bid Date & Time: Thursday, June 21, 2018 @ 3:00 PM Please provide your proposal by: June 20, 2018

Phone: 336-368-4047 Fax: 336-368-4613 Or email to dynch@jrlynchandsons.com or csnow@jrlynchandsons.com

We are soliciting subcontract bids for the following trades: Asphalt Paving, Asphalt Repair, Crane, Concrete, Demolition, Dumpsters, Erosion Control, Fencing, Grading, Hauling, Pavement Markings, Materials/Pipe Suppliers, Seeding & Mulching, Site Preparation, Surveying, Traffic Control, Utilities & Other Incidental Items Necessary For Construction to complete the project.

The Contract consists of approximately 2,800 linear feet of new 24-inch ductile iron waterline along Old Battleground Road in Greensboro, NC. The new water will be connected to an existing 24-inch water line approximately 500 feet north of the intersection of Battleground Road and Old Battleground Road, extending north along Old Battleground Road, connecting to an existing 20-inch ductile iron water line approximately 550 feet north of the intersection of Old Battleground Road and British Lake Drive. A more expansive summary of work is included in Section 01 11 13 Summary of Work.

Please contact Daniel Lynch (Vice President of Engineering) at dlynch@jrlynchandsons.com for a link to the project documents (336-368-4047) or with any questions. Additionally, project documents are available for viewing at our office located at 307 S Academy St., Pilot Mountain, NC 27041 and also The Contract Documents may be examined and/or downloaded at Duncan-Parnell @ http://www.dpibidroom.com located at 4275 Regency Road, Suite 100; Greensboro, NC (336-255-1211) with their store hours Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM or City of Greensboro 300 West Washington Street, Greensboro, NC (336373-7966) Bonding: It is Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. policy NOT to require M/WBE subcontractors to provide bonding to Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. for their portion of the work. All M/WBE subcontractors will be allowed to work under Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc Performance & Payment Bonds to the Owner.

Financial Assistance: Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. will provide Joint Check Agreements to all M/WBE subcontractors. Please request a Joint Check Agreement in writing. We will work with you and the material vendor to develop a Joint Check Agreement to satisfy all parties.

Quick Payments: It is Jimmy R. Lynch & Sons, Inc. policy to provide Quick Payments to all M/WBE subcontractors. Jimmy R Lynch & Sons, Inc will provide payment to all M/WBE subcontractors on a weekly basis if the work for which payment is being requested is complete and accepted by the City of Greensboro Please contact me at dlynch@jrlynchandsons.com with any questions

JRL encourages 2nd tier MBE/WBE Subcontracting opportunities. We encourage our subcontractors to utilize 2nd and 3rd tier MBE/WBE Subcontractors.

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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 16 JT 243

IN THE MATTER OF:

CONNOR GARDNER DOB: 05-18-16

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: DeAnna Gardner, mother of the juvenile Curtis Gardner, legal father of the juvenile John Doe, biological father of the juvenile

TAKE NOTICE that Juvenile Petition seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is an adjudication of Termination of your Parental Rights with respect to the above-referenced juvenile pursuant to N.C.G.S. 7B-1111.

You are required to make a written answer to the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights within forty (40) days after the date of this notice; and upon your failure to make a defense to the Petition within the 40 day period specified herein or to attend the hearing on the said Petition, the Petitioner will apply to the Court for terminating your parental rights to the above-referenced juvenile.

Any counsel appointed previously to represent you and not released by the Court shall continue to represent you.

If you are indigent and not already represented by appointed counsel, you are entitled to appointed counsel and provisional counsel has been appointed upon your request subject to the Courts review at the first hearing after this service.

The hearing on the Petition alleging to Terminate Parental Rights is scheduled for 11:00 a.m., on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 in Courtroom 4-J of the Hall of Justice in Winston-Salem, North Carolina or as soon thereafter as the Court can hear the said case.

This the 30th day of May, 2018

Theresa A. Boucher Attorney for the Forsyth County Department of Social Services 741 Highland Avenue Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 (336) 703-3900

The Chronicle June 7, 14, and 21, 2018 NORTH CAROLINA RANDOLPH COUNTY

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION 16 CVD 2334

BRITTANY NICOLE BROWN, Plaintiff, v.

ANTONIO D. BROWN, Defendant.

NOTICE OF SERVICE

BY PUBLICATION

To: ANTONIO D. BROWN, Defendant

Take notice that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: Plaintiff is seeking judgment of absolute divorce.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than the 23rd day of July, 2018, which is 40 days from the first publication of this notice. Upon your failure to file a pleading by the above date, party seeking service against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Carolyn Avant Morton (18 E 1132), deceased February 8, 2018, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before August 26th or this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

This the 24th day of May, 2018.

Julia Lynn Morton Executor for Carolyn Avant Morton, deceased 1850 Dunmore Lane Clemmons, NC 27012

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LEGAL- PUBLIC- NOTICE- ANDNOTICE- AT -LARGE -OF –SATISFACTION- AND –AGREEMENT- OF –THE- PARTIES-BY- ANDBETWEEN- THE -PARTIES, i.e. Bonnie B. Gunn and Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., H. Marc Helm, Chief Executive Officer-Chief Financial Officer / Accounting-Chief Operations Officer-Shari Mobley, Compliance Resolution Analyst (and all successors, assigns, contractors and pro tempore)-14405 Walters Road, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77014.

ACQUIESCED thereto and DEFAULTED: The referencing of the Affidavit of Non-Response, Certified mail number 7017 0530 0000 5465 2724; Opportunity To Cure, Certified mail number 7017 0530 0000 5465 2724; and, Affidavit of Default / Nihil Dicit Judgment, Certified mail number 7016 2710 0000 2206 1014; must establish the Public Record in this matter and is self-authenticated evidence per Rule 902 (6), reflecting a Zero -0-Ending Balance, with Reverse Mortgage Solutions’, Inc., full consent, agreement, approval, and foreknowledge. There is no evidence of a debt, loan, accrued interest, mortgage, encumbrances or other, by the acceptance and / or THEFT of Instrument RE 870 793 082 US, Unique Identifier : bbg-17072. Autograph :Bonnie-Bowman: Gunn. with ProtonMail Secure Email.

The Chronicle May 24, 31, June 7 and 14, 2018 NORTH CAROLINA NOTICE TO CREDITORS FORSYTH COUNTY

The undersigned, Michael Dwayne Rothrock, having qualified on May 18, 2018 as Executor of the Estate of Carol Jean Bostian, aka Carol Bostian, Carol Miller Rothrock, deceased, late of Forsyth County, North Carolina, hereby notifies all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against said Estate to exhibit them to the undersigned at the Office of Kenneth C. Dawson, Dawson Law Firm PC, Attorney for the Estate, at 534 E King Street, King, North Carolina 27021 on or before the 26th day of August, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the Estate will make payment immediately at the same address.

This the 24th day of May, 2018.

Michael Dwayne Rothrock, Executor of the Estate of Carol Jean Bostian, aka Carol Bostian, and Carol Miller Rothrock.

Kenneth C. Dawson, Esq. Dawson Law Firm PC 534 E King Street King, NC 27012 (336) 983-3129

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This is the 12th day of June, 2018.

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T H E C H R ON I C LE

JUNE 14, 2018

Barry Rountree

2018 award recipients announced at Foundation luncheon

ECHO Award recipients left to right are: Ann Gauthreaux of Hospice, Don Timmons of Hospice, Karen Barnes of Venture Café, Rebecca Williams, Amatullah Saleem and Shereen Abdelfattah.

Winston-Salem Foundation photos

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The Winston-Salem Foundation hosted its annual Community Luncheon with a sold-out crowd of over 1,200 community members in attendance. The Foundation announced the recipients of the 2018 Winston-Salem Foundation Award and the 2018 ECHO Awards as follows: 2018 Winston-Salem Foundation Award goes to Retired Police Chief Barry Rountree, who is considered a visionary leader, dedicating his life to both law enforcement and relationship-building.

With this recognition comes a $10,000 Foundation grant, which Rountree designated to two organizations – the WinstonSalem Police Foundation and the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church Scholarship Fund.

2018 ECHO Award winners – Each recipient is uniquely connecting and building trust among people in order to make the community stronger and each received $1,000 to grant to a nonprofit

organization of their choice.:

*Shereen Abdelfattah: Abdelfattah is a social entrepreneur. She founded a nonprofit catering company to provide jobs for Syrian refugee women. Abdelfattah also leads an Interfaith Winston-Salem team made up of Jews, Christians, Hindus, Muslims, and others, and she was instrumental in organizing Women of Worship, which brings together women of multiple faiths to break barriers and build friendships. Abdelfattah emigrated from Egypt in 2002. *Hospice & Palliative CareCenter Veterans Outreach: Hospice’s We Honor Veterans program has not only enhanced their direct care of veterans, but the outreach component brings together a community of veterans who have come to treasure one another. *Rebecca Williams and Amatullah

Saleem: Rebecca and Amatullah are the founders of Happy Hill Arts, a collaboration between the Happy Hill Neighborhood Association and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. The program engages neighborhood children in diverse arts experiences including dance, drumming, and photography, instilling a sense of community pride while also supporting their academic success. The program encourages relationship-building among the neighborhood children and their parents, and it has also built connections among Happy Hill residents and UNCSA faculty, students, and alumni, helping to cross the invisible boundary that has separated the neighborhood from the University since it opened in 1965. *Venture Café: With a mission of “connecting innovators to make things happen,” Venture Café hosts weekly Thursday Gatherings at Bailey Power Plant which can draw crowds exceeding

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150 students, CEOs, artists, inventors, scientists, and entrepreneurs. The Gatherings are among the most diverse in the Triad and serve as a platform to create connections that will build a more resilient and inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship community.

The keynote speaker was Dr. Gregory C. Ellison II, co-founder of Fearless Dialogues and author of the recentlyreleased book “Fearless Dialogues: A New Movement for Justice.” Fearless Dialogues creates unique spaces for hard, heartfelt conversations that change the way people see themselves and the world around them - helping communities move forward together.

At the May 2 luncheon, Ellison and his teammates facilitated an interactive program designed to help us "fear less" and to see the unseen in our community.

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